La Trinidad, Benguet -Relatives of the alleged salvage victim, who was dumped on a grassy portion along Lamtang Road, were able to identify their missing kin through his tattoo on his right arm.
Police authorities named the alleged salvage victim as Hitler Mainem Locloc, 29, driver, a native of La Trinidad, and a resident of Quezon Hill, Baguio City.
The victim was reported to have been missing and could not be contacted for over four days prior to the discovery of his lifeless body in Lamtang last Saturday.
The victim sustained two stab wounds on his chest, his neck was reportedly strangled and his mouth and exes were covered with packing tape.
Probers are still looking into the reason behind the brutal murder of the victim.